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Two Kids’ Social Networking Sites Reported to Feds for Privacy Problems

Posted on March 19, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Jorgen Wouters reports:

The owner of two social networking sites intended for children, FBFkids.com (formerly Facebook for Kids.com), has been reported to the Federal Trade Commission by a self-regulating arm of the children’s advertising industry.

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CARU) referred the owner to the FTC after it failed to participate in a review of the privacy practices of its sites, FBFkids.com, and FBFkiddies.com, the group announced in a press release.

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